TRIESTESPRESSO EXPO

TRIESTESPRESSO EXPO

Oct 26, 2024 | ITALY, ITALY

Triestespresso Expo, now in its eleventh edition, is taking place these days: 24 – 25 and 26 October under the banner of Where the world meets in a cup.

It is the world of coffee and much more.

I got in touch with the president of the Trieste Coffee Association a fortnight ago about the hypothesis of an increase in the price of espresso, and as part of our chat we also talked about the event.

Arianna Mingardi 

explained to me the intention of enhancing blends, promoting research, spreading quality, making an effective and immediate comparison: wine.

Nobody discusses the price of wine because it is clear to everyone the value of the work that goes through all the stages to obtain the product.

Wine has well-marked and distinct diversifications, connoted to the territory and also to tradition.

Will this also be the case for coffee?

Away from Trieste, it seems that this is precisely the trend: in the discussion that originated from the interesting exchange of comments, in particular Valy of MyPersonalBlog pointed out various points such as Aprilia Due or Stazione Termini in Rome that offer special coffees.

Do you have the chance to drink speciality coffees in your local cafès as well?

There will be tastings at Triestespresso Expo.

Planned for today are:
World Latte Art Grading Battle Championship (WLAGS):
at Workshops and Events Area, Hall 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Baristas from all over the world will showcase their creativity and technical skills, competing to create intricate and artistic designs in coffee foam.

Moka Contest:
at Hall 27 from 15:00 to 17:00
Coffee lovers will compete in a contest using the iconic moka pot to brew their best cup of coffee, with participants judged on taste and technique.

Very entertaining, don’t you think?

Yesterday was the Championship Capo in B

You remember, don’t you? I had already told you about the Capo in B. 

The second day of Triestespresso Expo also hosted a special workshop dedicated to Turkey  which has been chosen as the host country for 2024: ‘Opportunities from around the world: the coffee market in Turkey – Current situation and development.’

So a decidedly international imprint to weave new opportunities for an area that is strongly characterised by the whole coffee chain.

Are you going to visit Trieste?

LIFE IS A BEAUTIFUL AND ENDLESS JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF THE PERFECT CUP OF COFFEE.Barbara A. Daniels

LIFE IS A BEAUTIFUL AND ENDLESS JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF THE PERFECT CUP OF COFFEE.Barbara A. Daniels

Feb 24, 2024 | JOURNEY FROM MUG TO MUG

Life is a beautiful and endless journey in search of the perfect cup of coffee.
Barbara A. Daniels

I take this fantastic quote to thank Tomislav  for taking up my invitation: I am always happy when you send me pictures of your coffee.

In this case Tomislav sent me a picture of his afternoon coffee, telling me that he had found a new cup that was smaller than the one he used to use.

And look how beautiful these vintage advertisements are too!

There’s a cappuccino radiating light just to represent a happy moment.

Happy as I am adding a new stage to the journey from mug to mug. 

I take this opportunity to show you a picture of what used to be my favourite cup before it broke.

 

What a sad fate when the objects we care most about break more easily than the things we care less about, isn’t it?

Am I the only walking disaster?

I remember the exact moment when I realised that the cup had slipped out of my hand … can you imagine the echo of my noooooooooooo?

Do you have a favourite cup in particular? And if so, have you managed to preserve it?

Tomislav replaced his cup with a new one, how long has your cup been with you? How many coffees have it seen?

So, considering the opening quote:
Life is a beautiful and endless journey in search of the perfect cup of coffee.

Did you completed the wonderful journey in search of the perfect cup of coffee?

BIRTHDAY GIFT

BIRTHDAY GIFT

Dec 16, 2023 | WHO CARES

SPECIAL birthday present for KCDC!

Keep Calm & Drink Coffee turns four years old, I just ten lustres older, but we both received this fantastic gift from Elisa Mirko and Diego. 

Don’t you think it’s perfect?

As you know I love cats, the coffee cup is really cute and the attitude is absolutely iconic.

Speaking of iconic cats, do you have a favourite?

Maybe Sylvester Cat, from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.

Or Tom from Hanna-Barbera. 

Maybe Felix the cat. 

Or Garfield. 

In my memories of fairy tales is Puss in Boots,  the one about the Marquis of Carbas.

Also nice is the version of Puss in Boots from Shrek.

The kitty Keep Calm & Drink Coffee on the other hand, what do we call him?

Did you know that cats sleep an average of 12 to 16 hours with peaks of 18 hours?

Practically twice as long as we sleep.

What can we say? We have only to learn!

KCDC kitty even has an eye mask!

I’d launch a poll to see what the favourite name is, for example, between:

SLIPPER

SLIPPERS & COFFEE

SLEEPY SLIPPER

KEEP CALM A CAT

KEEP CALM & WEAR SLIPPERS

PURRED COFFEE

KEEP CALM & PURRED COFFEE

CUPCAT

THE CAT IN SLIPPERS

But I’m sure you’ll come up with a better idea!

So tell me! What name shall we give the birthday present?

GLASS ONION Knives Out

GLASS ONION Knives Out

Dec 29, 2022 | MOVIES

Here comes Knives Out again!

 

 

About the first Dinner with Murder I have been VERY enigmatic, so now, I should exceed 🙂

Just kidding! Of course I won’t, although really the “mystery” is hardly the interesting part of the Glass Onion movie. 

I found the whole chain of quotes and cameos ringed together as a long sequence of amusing gems.

Even Spot appears.

The cameo I loved the most?
“Angie” … for you to find out who she is.

Among the official cast my favorite is Kate Hudson, who reunites with the same friend from How to loose a guy in ten days, the movie I told you about in You’re so vain. 

About friendships: a friend of director Rian Johnson is the … time gong aka Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

The most iconic unofficial quote in my opinion is the White Russian: although Dude is unique and inimitable.

Speaking of drinks: beware of drinks!
Incidentally, Glass Onion is the name of a Cafe.

As for coffee in a scene there is the I love New York mug in the picture, but it is definitely Jared Leto’s Kombucha tea that takes the cake.

Miles Bron, the character played by Edward Norton, is a parody of the … so-called new owner of Twitter … 

Dave Bautista is in sharp regression from his Drax in The Guardians of the Galaxy.

And I honestly shuddered at the idea that anyone would even think of comparing the detective played by Daniel Craig to Hercule Poirot. 

All wrong then?

Yes. But that is precisely the power of the movie.

It is a dangerous thing to exchange talking without thinking with telling the truth.
Benoit Blanc

PIEDMONT: MUGS AND … BICERIN

PIEDMONT: MUGS AND … BICERIN

Apr 30, 2022 | JOURNEY FROM MUG TO MUG, JOURNEY FROM MUG TO MUG

I am delighted to receive this photo for the categhory journey from mug to mug! 

I sincerely thank Valeria: her cute mug comes from Piedmont.

I can do it, and I will, but after the coffee.

Basically a mantra printed on the mug.
Encouragement with every sip.
What to say? Perfect!

In Piedmont there is a place of the heart for me: Novara, a city that holds important moments of my life.

But Valeria sparked my interest in another place in particular.

A place where a very special drink is served in glasses without handles… bicerin, in fact.

I’m talking about the legendary Caffè al Bicerin since 1973 in Turin. 

Here is Valeria’s Bicerin!

I don’t know about you but I feel a sudden desire to taste it 🙂

Valeria told me that it should be drunk as it is served: that is, without mixing it.

The Bicerin is in fact composed of three basic ingredients: coffee, cream and chocolate … good company no doubt about it 🙂

Obviously, however, Bicerin is much more than that, and it is above all history.

The story of an eighteenth-century drink made up of three different separate glasses, almost as if for a sort of ritual, which over time has evolved into the current version that brings together n poc ‘d tut.

Story also told in the Virtual Museum of Turin. 

History of a drink that boasts illustrious admirers.

Umberto Eco tells it in The Prague Cemetery:
… I had gone as far as one of the legendary places of Turin at the time. Dressed as a Jesuit, and enjoying the amazement I aroused with malice, I went to Caffè Al Bicerin, near the Consolata, to take that glass, which smelled of milk, cocoa, coffee and other aromas. I still didn’t know that even Alexandre Dumas, one of my heroes, would have written about the bicerin a few years later, but in the course of two or three raids in that magical place I had learned all about that nectar …

Nectar gives a pretty good idea, don’t you think?

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